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  • Student Kahlil Quato fights tears as he speaks at a University of Chicago candlelight vigil in 2007. The service was held in remembrance of Amadou Cisse, a graduate student, who was shot to death at point-blank range.
    Therapy Helps Troubled Teens Rethink Crime
    Many violent crimes are hastily planned and poorly considered, researchers at the University of Chicago's Crime Lab find. Training troubled teens to slow down and put a more benign spin on what they imagine the other guy is thinking significantly reduced the kids' likelihood of committing a crime.
  • Kids from Orion Qurbonaliev's family listen to a counselor from Doctors Without Borders explain how to stop the spread of tuberculosis. The family lives near Voce, Tajikistan.
    Myths And Stigma Stoke TB Epidemic In Tajikistan
    A family copes with tuberculosis in a place where a child infected with the illness may be shunned. Nurses are working hard to bring clean air and clear information to every home and every generation.
  • Johnny Depp says that with his portrayal of Tonto in <em>The Lone Ranger,</em> he tried to "right the wrongs of what had been done with regards to the representation of Native Americans in cinema."
    Does Disney's Tonto Reinforce Stereotypes Or Overcome Them?
    The Lone Ranger has long been a fictional hero, taming the Wild West with his trusty and often stereotyped Native American guide, Tonto. The new version of The Lone Ranger stars Johnny Depp and dabbles with that trope.
  • Boy Dies In Hot Tub
    Pickerington police are investigating the drowning death of a two-year-old boy last night at a condominium complex on Brookview Circle. Police say the…
  • High Speed Kills Teen Driver
    The State Highway Patrol says a teenage driver was killed Monday in a crash in Fairfield County.Troopers say 16-year-old Jacob Jolly earned his license…
  • McKinley Museum Seeks To Ban Personal Trainers
    A popular workout destination in Canton may soon become off-limits to personal trainers.Managers of the William McKinley Library and Museum want to ban…
  • CSB Approves Plans To Fight Homelessness
    The Community Shelter Board has approved spending nearly eleven million dollars this year on programs to combat homelessness. The board will use the funds…
  • Imagine 'Star Wars' Taking Place In Elizabethan England
    In his new book William Shakespeare's Star Wars, author Ian Doescher imagines the space saga as told by The Bard. And he's aiming for a sequel: The Empire Striketh Back.
  • Mosquito Spraying In Local Parks Today & Wednesday
    Columbus Public Health officials are spraying for mosquitoes today and Wednesday. 25 parks got treatments early this morning. 20 other parks will be…
  • Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoubi, also known by his rap name Weld El 15, left, speaks alongside his lawyer, Ghazi Mrabet, before his trial last month.
    Jailed Tunisian Rapper Is Freed; Song Called Police 'Dogs'
    The head of Tunisia's Islamist government says Ala Yaacoubi, who raps as Weld El 15, was punished for inciting hatred and violence.
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